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Ask HN: Who are the most successful non-technical founders of tech companies?

3 pointsby regnumover 13 years ago
After learning that Dennis Crowley started both Foursquare and Dodgeball as a non-technical founder, I am curious to know if there are any others.

3 comments

timmmover 13 years ago
Reddit's founder Alexis Ohanian was not technical at all, he just took care of PR/marketing.<p>Incidentally I graduated from the same high school as Dennis Crowley, from what I've gathered he was pseudo technical - he had the domain knowledge and had built products but hired others to build those particular products you named.
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freshfeyover 13 years ago
Mark Cuban wasn't very technical (although self-taught programmer) and had a multi-million and billion dollar exit before 2000.<p>The AirBnb founders are designers AFAIK. Jason Fried is non-technical (strong design and writing skills though), as well.
dholowiskiover 13 years ago
Steve Jobs?
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